Band: Edith Frost
Album: Wonder Wonder
Best song: The title track is brilliantly melancholy and “Cars and Parties” is fun as well. “The Fear” is a cool little song, as well.
Worst song: “Merry Go Round” isn’t brilliant.

I will never really understand how female singer-songwriters become hits or not. I imagine some of it is timing; if Edith Frost began making records 10 years after she did (1997), maybe she would’ve become more of an internet sensation. I also — I’m sorry to say — think that, for ladies, some of it revolves around looks. Frost — not unlike Kelly Hogan, actually — doesn’t look like Chan Marshall. I imagine a lot of it is the company one keeps, as Emily Haines and Leslie Feist get a lot of play from being connected to Broken Social Scene (and Neko Case‘s connection to the New Pornographers doesn’t hurt). Continue reading →